US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R), at the delivery of State of the Union address by President Donald Trump in the House Chamber of the Capital in Washington on Feb. 5, 2019. (Photo: AFP/ VNA)

Earlier, Trump rejected a bill that would end the national emergency he declared at the southern US border.

The bill will be sent back to Congress for discussion and it requires a two-thirds majority in both chambers to override a presidential veto.

Many Republican lawmakers said the bill was not necessarily a rejection of the president or the wall, but protections against future presidents — namely a Democrat who might want to declare an emergency on climate change, gun control or any number of other issues.